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Source: You must login or register to view this content. | By: Tristan | May 18th, 2011

On some older 60GB & 80GB Fat Models of the Playstation 3, users are complaining to the You must login or register to view this content. that their Playstation 3 is turning off while playing the new title L.A. Noire, after updating to the newly released 3.61 Firmware Sony has upgraded since the Playstation Network breach.

Originally posted by another user

RockStar: "Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat," reads the "answer" to the issue. "There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or 'Red Lighting' after having installed 3.61."

This isn't only happening with RockStar's L.A. Noire, however. Other games are starting to be reported to have the 'overheating process' come into action while in the middle of gameplay.

- The overheating process is where your screen freezes, turns black, then the green light on your Fat Playstation 3 turns red, meaning it shut itself off, or even turns all the way off, showing no lights at all.

RockStar recommends, if this be your case, you contact Sony about the overheating. This really isn't much help, even if they're testing L.A. Noire on different hardware models & firmware versions.

This being said, if you're playing L.A. Noire, you should be careful if you're on an older 60GB or 80GB fat model of the Playstation 3. Also, if this overheating does happen to you, I advise you call Sony that is stationed in your region immediately. Who knows? You might get a free PS3 if it's bad enough.

you are right, it can't overheat...BUT...firmware can tell the cpu and the fans to run fast/slower, shorter /longer periods of time....I wonder if peope are mistaking the fan running longer for overheating....

I have the lastest 3.61 OFW and the original fat 20gb model ps3 with an upgraded 120gb HD, the fan is as loud as a biacth, sounds like a jet engine, but it never overheats or freezes.........going on strong.....

I wish they would do the same Mman.

I never heard anything about this till today but I haven't noticed my ps3 overheating at all.

if your fan gets loud its a good thing its cooling it down the louder the faster the better.

LA noire is also affecting xbox and crashes on there too. Rockstar have said they are creating a patch to prevent this :y:

Many ways if they changed the way when fans turn on at etc.

it can very easily....the firmware has to run of the HDD if the HDD is working to hard it will over heat the CPU and GPU those are the main compontes into your ps3...

Funny, my 1st gen has been fine... maybe its because I pulled it all apart and meticulously cleaned every square inch of it while PSN was down. Got lots of dust and crud out but now I almost never hear the fan. runs like a top without any freezes or YLODs. The new firmware may put extra load on the system, but i think it is a game issue, where the game is putting an intense amount of load, as both PS3 and 360 are having these issues.

Firmware can overheat PS3, but i don't think that's whats causing it. Firmware sends kernel scripts(amount of speed to chip) to ps3 CPU. If the scripts are set to high, it causes CPU chip to over heat therefore shutting off ps3.